Mark Hunt | |
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Member of the
West Virginia Senate from the 8th district | |
Assumed office December 1, 2022 Serving with
Glenn Jeffries | |
Preceded by | Richard Lindsay |
Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates | |
In office December 1, 2004 – December 1, 2014 | |
Preceded by | Ann Calvert Dan Foster |
Succeeded by |
Larry Rowe Brad White |
Constituency | 30th district (2004–2012) 36th district (2012–2014) |
In office December 1, 1994 – December 1, 2000 | |
Preceded by | Nelson Sorah |
Succeeded by | Carrie Webster |
Constituency | 31st district |
Personal details | |
Born | Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. | January 23, 1960
Political party |
Democratic (before 2022) Republican (2022–present) |
Education |
University of Charleston (
BA) Marshall University ( MA) University of the District of Columbia ( JD) |
Website | Campaign website |
Mark A. Hunt [1] (born January 23, 1960, in Charleston, West Virginia) is an American politician who is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate, representing the 8th district. From 2012 to 2014, Hunt was a Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 36 from 2012 to 2014. Hunt served consecutively from January 2009 until January 2013, and non-consecutively from January 1995 until January 2001 and from January 2005 until January 2007 in District 30 and District 31 seats. Hunt was a candidate for West Virginia Senate in 2000 and a candidate for the United States House of Representatives for West Virginia's 2nd congressional district in 2006.
Hunt earned his BA from the University of Charleston, his MA from Marshall University, and his JD from the David A. Clarke School of Law at the University of the District of Columbia.
In 2001, the FDA discovered that the equipment in Raelian-founded Clonaid's human cloning lab in Nitro, West Virginia [8] had been bought by Hunt, who wanted to clone his deceased 10-month-old son, Andrew. Hunt had spent $500,000 on efforts to clone his son. He enlisted Brigitte Boisselier, a French chemist and Raëlian religious leader, to run a secret cloning research lab in Nitro. [9] [10] Following an investigation, Hunt made an agreement with the FDA-OCI to not clone his son within the United States. [11]
Mark Hunt | |
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![]() | |
Member of the
West Virginia Senate from the 8th district | |
Assumed office December 1, 2022 Serving with
Glenn Jeffries | |
Preceded by | Richard Lindsay |
Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates | |
In office December 1, 2004 – December 1, 2014 | |
Preceded by | Ann Calvert Dan Foster |
Succeeded by |
Larry Rowe Brad White |
Constituency | 30th district (2004–2012) 36th district (2012–2014) |
In office December 1, 1994 – December 1, 2000 | |
Preceded by | Nelson Sorah |
Succeeded by | Carrie Webster |
Constituency | 31st district |
Personal details | |
Born | Charleston, West Virginia, U.S. | January 23, 1960
Political party |
Democratic (before 2022) Republican (2022–present) |
Education |
University of Charleston (
BA) Marshall University ( MA) University of the District of Columbia ( JD) |
Website | Campaign website |
Mark A. Hunt [1] (born January 23, 1960, in Charleston, West Virginia) is an American politician who is a Republican member of the West Virginia Senate, representing the 8th district. From 2012 to 2014, Hunt was a Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 36 from 2012 to 2014. Hunt served consecutively from January 2009 until January 2013, and non-consecutively from January 1995 until January 2001 and from January 2005 until January 2007 in District 30 and District 31 seats. Hunt was a candidate for West Virginia Senate in 2000 and a candidate for the United States House of Representatives for West Virginia's 2nd congressional district in 2006.
Hunt earned his BA from the University of Charleston, his MA from Marshall University, and his JD from the David A. Clarke School of Law at the University of the District of Columbia.
In 2001, the FDA discovered that the equipment in Raelian-founded Clonaid's human cloning lab in Nitro, West Virginia [8] had been bought by Hunt, who wanted to clone his deceased 10-month-old son, Andrew. Hunt had spent $500,000 on efforts to clone his son. He enlisted Brigitte Boisselier, a French chemist and Raëlian religious leader, to run a secret cloning research lab in Nitro. [9] [10] Following an investigation, Hunt made an agreement with the FDA-OCI to not clone his son within the United States. [11]